Bøger af Sonja Condit

Her dream home is about to become a house of nightmares...From the moment Lacey glimpses the dusty-rose colonial cottage with its angled dormer windows and quaint wooden shutters, she knows she's found her dream house. Walking through its cozy rooms, the expectant mother can see her future children sitting on the round bottom step of the house's beautifully carved staircase, and she imagines them playing beneath the giant maple tree in the warm South Carolina sun. It doesn't matter to Lacey and her husband, Eric, that people had died there years before.But soon their warm and welcoming house turns cold. There is something malevolent within the walls?a disturbing presence that only Lacey can sense. And there is Drew, a demanding and jealous little boy who mysteriously appears when Lacey is alone. Protective of this enigmatic child who reminds her of the troubled students she used to teach, Lacey bakes cookies and plays games to amuse him. Yet, as she quickly discovers, Drew is unpredictable?and dangerous.Fearing for her baby's safety, Lacey sets out to uncover the truth about Drew and her dream house?a search for answers that takes her into the past, into the lives of a long-dead family whose tragic secrets could destroy her. To save her loved ones, Lacey must find a way to lay a terrifying evil to rest...before she, Eric, and their child become its next victims.

Can Emma make the impossible decision between her boyfriend's continued suffering or having him leave her forever?EMMA FANE'S WORLD IS SHATTERED when her boyfriend, Kalen Machrae, drives off of a haunted bridge, leaving him teetering between life and death. After Jessa, Kalen's obsessive sister, starts committing arson closer and closer to where the ailing Kalen rests, Emma seeks the counsel of Lilly, the Machrae family banshee. Torn between losing her boyfriend and watching his continued suffering, Emma struggles with the boundless options Lilly shows her for how the dire circumstances could end. Filled with ill-fated romance, unforgettable heartbreak, and ancestral specters, this linked collection of Southern Gothic stories peers inside the heart of the characters and leaves behind the eerie sensation that reality is unreliable.